A Dictionary of Anecdotes: Chiefly Historical, and Illustrative of Characters and Events, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint): Chiefly ... to the Respective Subjects (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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But it must be allowed, that even some of the best of these Compilations have deviated from the strict pro priety of their title, by giving criticisms and Opinions, fictitious narratives, and nieces of poetry, as Anecdotes, to which appellation most unquestionably such articles can have no legitimate claim.

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Anecdotes are common in our language as well as in most others ;nor has the Elitnr of the one now offered to the Public, any inclination to depreciate the value of those labours by which he has frequently been amused, and of which, in this Selection, he has occasionally profited. But it must be allowed, that even some of the best of these Compilatiuns have deviated from the strict propriety of tlieir title, by giving cr! deisms and opinion?, fictitious narratives, and oloccs of poetry, as A necdotes, to which apj)elaiion moct imquestionably such articles can have no legitimate claim. Most of these works are also defective in the mode of arrangement; the greater part of them being miscellaneous, ob-ierving no order in the disposition of the subjects ;while those which preserve sone form of classification, place the Anecdotes under the names of the persons concerning whom the matters are related. Tliis last method, however, is not particularly objectionable; though it by no means possesses the advantages derived from the plan pursued by Wanley, in his Wonders of the Little World; vliore the most striking phenomena of liunjau nature arc disposed in a regular manner under their respective heads and qualities.
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